"Poetry in Mongolia" - elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (150 words or fewer).

In Mongolia, a contest of poetry is held in two ways among young students: the participant had to write the poem him/herself, or to recite poems written by other famous authors. On my Mongolian teacher's advice, I decided to prepare for the contest of "Reciting" and challenge myself in a completely new area. As soon as I started preparing, I found out that learning the poem by heart and expressing few emotions were not the most important things, but understanding the implications, tone and attitude of the author of the poem was. Sentences were not just clusters of a few word, they were logical connections between ideas and imaginations. Learning all this helped me to make scenes of many things, from everyday conversations to complicated, old novels. Also, knowledge was not only found in classrooms, but also in many places, as long as I was willing to learn.

You might have already figured out that it is a Common Application assignment. Please, advice me and feel free to express you opinion.

Also, knowledge was not only found in classrooms, but also in many places, as long as I was willing to learn. --it's not clear what you meant by this sentence.

You might elaborate more on the emotions reciting poems stirs in you or on reasons that encourage you to conduct this extracurricular activity

Yes, I meant Mongolian language, but dropped it. TY

Thank you for your advice. I will either try to fix this one up, or write a whole new essay about it. The word limit is not working on this one.. :))